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Light exposure
Kate Flint’s history of flash photography highlights the uses of a technology many practitioners have mixed feelings about
Florentine painting in full colour
This catalogue of Florentine works in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich sets a new standard
How Van Gogh imagined Japan
The artist’s collection of Japanese prints gave him a new way of seeing the world
A first-class voyage through the golden age of ocean liners
Luxury, glamour and romance abound in the V&A’s celebration of the heyday of sea travel
Tacita Dean’s meditations on a medium
Two shows in London reaffirm the artist’s intense dedication to film and the moving image
The sculptures that dare to mean nothing at all
Karla Black’s playful new works subtly challenge the viewer to make sense of them
Mike Nelson sets up camp in Walsall
At the New Art Gallery the artist remakes an old installation exploring migration and belonging in Europe
What Magritte found out in Paris
The artist’s time in the French capital was not a success, but it formed his thinking about words and pictures
William Blake at heaven’s gate
What did William Blake really see when he looked at the Sussex landscape?
It’s time to recognise the radicalism of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant
A rediscovered set of dinner plates depicting famous women prompts a reassessment of the pair’s artistic collaboration
Yto Barrada wrestles with the ghosts of Agadir
An exhibition that takes the Agadir earthquake of 1960 as its starting point is well framed in the brutalist surrounds of the Barbican
Keeping track of time in the Middle Ages
An exhibition at the Morgan Library examines medieval concepts of past, present and future
‘A total immersion within the landscape’
From Cornish coves to remote towns in Italy, a sense of place is central to the paintings of Peter Lanyon
The BBC’s ‘Civilisation’ reboot is fixed firmly in the present
The update of Kenneth Clark’s landmark series takes a more questioning approach to art history
Charles I, the connoisseur king
His political judgements may have been poor, but Charles I’s art collection was first rate
The epic battles of Leon Golub
Leon Golub’s paintings harness classical myth to criticise atrocities and abuses of power
Reconstructing ancient Rome
An extraordinarily ambitious attempt to map the city will set off as many arguments as it solves
Jack Kerouac’s art reminds us that his real talent was for words
An exhibition of Kerouac’s art in Milan gives some sense of his restless creativity
‘There are no spectators, only participants’
Mark Dion’s playful installations at the Whitechapel Gallery turn viewers into voyeurs
Group dynamics in polite society
How ‘conversation piece’ paintings summed up the social aspirations of a new social class
Looking at the female gaze
At Richard Saltoun Gallery, the body is both subject and material for women artists exploring gender and sexuality
The story of public art in New York City
From historic monuments to contemporary commissions, art is everywhere in the urban environment
The joys of junk food
Appetite is a central theme in the exuberant paintings of Dale Lewis, at Edel Assanti in London
Bock and Clark share a sensitive approach to their subjects
At the Ikon Gallery, two very different artists approach their subjects with remarkable empathy
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